Mission

Mind the Gender Gap is on a mission to close the gender pay gap, once and for all.

Values

Mind the Gender Gap’s Theory of Change underscores the key values and principles that guides our work.

My Story

My parents first immigrated to the U.S. from East Africa. In the midst of the Reagan recession, my mother wasted no time to secure a low-wage job as at Toys ‘R’ Us, all while I was kicking in the womb. Within a few months, through my mother’s tenacity, she serendipitously secured a job with great benefits at a life insurance company, which ultimately led my family toward economic security. Fatefully, her health insurance benefits kicked in within less than two weeks of my entry into this world.

Eventually, my father landed a job as a staff engineer at TXI (his business card still sits on my office desk). He was realizing the American dream. Until he woke up. And learned that his mother, wife, and son died. Our family had been in a car accident on the way home from a Sunday picnic. Four months later, my father was back at work. He couldn’t afford not to. He had a mouth to feed (me). To date, the U.S. remains one of the few developed nations that provides no mandatory paid family leave. This is despite the ample research that having such policies would make workplaces more gender equitable. And the onus often falls on employers to fill that gap.

Over the years, I have come to realize that much work is about honoring my parents’ legacy and all the adversity they overcame to build a better life for me. My varied work experiences—from investigating EEOC workplace discrimination claims to evaluating multi-million dollar philanthropic initiatives benefiting women and girls to advising women tech founders—the through line for me has always been my unrelenting commitment to closing the gender gap.

I founded Mind the Gender Gap as a way to marry my interests in data storytelling and gender equity. Having worked in the research and evaluation field for almost 20 years, one of the most important insights I've gained is that the ways in which data —or lack thereof—is collected, analyzed, and presented can construct narratives that perpetuate gender inequities in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. As such, my consultancy is grounded in the underlying belief that we will never achieve gender equity without addressing inequities and biases in research and data. 

I partner with organizations—from non-profits to startups to Fortune 500 companies—to make sense of their data and craft data-driven strategies to advance gender equity. As a scholar of intersectionality, I bring an intersectional, nuanced lens to my work. With a strong appreciation for aesthetics and pragmatism, I use data visualization as way to make data more appealing, actionable, and accessible for my clients. Another thing you should know about me: I play the long game, so be prepared to roll up your sleeves and do the hard work to drive value and impact at your organization. When you’re ready to engage in this meaningful work, feel free to email me at miloney@mindthegendergap.org.